“Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shrink neither.” Has BeensGivenDutyExpectedPresidentialShrinksInauguralInaugural Address Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice.” KnowsCertainReligiousExistenceLeaderPrinciplesInfluenceModernDutyDetermineNobleExpectedOur TimeCowardiceReligious FaithPublic LifeSchizophrenicModern Politics Author:Stephen Mansfield
“Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities.” PeopleHas BeensFactsEarthGivenNationsResponsibilityGreatnessDutyRelationExpectedBehaveGreat NationsShirk Book:The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.” CountryLiteraturePayAttentionDesignDutyExpectedToneDictatorshipHarmoniousExhibitsFree Country Book:In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers